Storyist Software
Storyist 2 Brings More Than 25 New Features to the Writing Table
Sunnyvale, CA – June 18, 2009—Storyist Software is pleased to announce the release of Storyist 2, a major upgrade of the company’s story development tool for novelists and screenwriters. With a new look and more than 25 new features, Storyist 2 offers additional organizational tools, enhanced interoperability with other writing applications, and a more customizable writing environment.
“Storyist has helped thousands of writers take their project from initial idea to submission-ready manuscript,” said Steve Shepard, CEO of Storyist Software. “With Storyist 2, writers have even more tools to help bring their stories to life.”
Storyist 2 introduces a new “collage” mode in the storyboard, which makes it easy to visualize the relationships between various elements of a story. A streamlined interface supports full-screen mode, split views, and multiple windows. The upgrade also includes support for comments and bookmarks, a color-coding outliner, and an enhanced project manager.
In all, Storyist 2 offers over two dozen new features:
User Interface- Full-Screen Mode—Remove distractions and focus on your writing. The full-screen editing mode puts the whole screen at your disposal, turning your computer into a dedicated writing environment.
- Unified Views—No need to open a new view to see the storyboard. You can now view text, outlines, and storyboards in any view.
- Split Views—With Storyist 2, you can split views both horizontally and vertically. You can even nest split views.
- Multiple Windows—Have multiple monitors? Now you can open multiple project windows to take advantage of them.
- Workspace Management—Once you’ve got your workspace set up to your liking, use the new Workspaces panel to take a snapshot for easy recall. The Workspaces panel stores multiple workspace snapshots to accommodate your various writing activities.
- Easier Navigation—New navigation enhancements adopted from Mac OS X Finder let you navigate your project with familiar shortcuts.
- New Look—Storyist 2 sports a fresh new look with new icons and an updated layout.
- Comments—Annotate text with sticky-note style comments to organize feedback.
- Bookmarks—Bookmark frequently used locations for quick access.
- Image Support in the Manuscript—Add images to your story.
- Style Sheets in Notebook Entries—Style sheets are now available in notebook entries in addition to the manuscript.
- One-Click Editing—Fewer clicks means faster outlining.
- Color-Coding—Color-code outline entries to get a high-level picture of your story.
- New Columns—Track more project information with new status and rating columns.
- Shortcuts—New shortcuts make outlining faster and more intuitive.
- Yellow Pad Background—The new background is easier on the eyes.
- Collage View—Assemble collages of images and text to visualize the relationships between your story elements.
- New Card Layout Options—Specify storyboard layout rules to match the structure of your story.
- Customizable Storyboard Representation—View storyboard items as index cards, images, or icons.
- Multiple Manuscripts—Storyist 2 supports multiple manuscripts and/or scripts per project.
- Drag to Import—Importing files is now as simple as dragging them to and from the Project view.
- More Flexible Arrangement—Customize top-level project items and collections to suit your project.
- Project Trash—A new project trash keeps discarded items with the project until you’re sure you don’t need them any more.
- Image Support—Manage images as full-fledged project items.
- Support for Final Draft Version 8 Files—Seamlessly import and export Final Draft version 8 files. New converters let you transfer scripts, notes, and color-coding information without missing a beat.
Storyist 2 is compatible with Mac OS X v10.4.11 and higher. The download-only version is $59.00 and a download + boxed set (CD + printed manual) version is $79.00. Both are available through the company’s online store at www.storyist.com/store. For more information and for a free two-week trial of Storyist 2, please visit www.storyist.com.
####About Storyist Software
Founded in 2003 by Silicon Valley veteran Steve Shepard, Storyist Software develops creative writing tools for Mac OS X that make the process of writing, editing, and publishing as simple as possible—but no simpler. Storyist is a registered trademark of Storyist Software LLC. For more information, please visit www.storyist.com.